Lane Limited Crown Achievement

Definitely hard to find as it hasn't been produced in awhile. Another victim of Conwood's ownership of Lane Limited. I was fortunate enough to find some following it's demise, but not a great amount so I'll smoke it sparingly, but when I do smoke it I find it to be a real treat. Reminiscent in many respects of Dunhill 965, another blend of the past. Not too strong, not too weak, just right.

I found the blend to be spot on in moisture content, leaning more towards dry than wet. There was clearly no humectant used in this blend. Upon lighting, the Latakia makes it's presence well known and the spicy elements become apparent. However, by 1/4 way into the bowl, the spiciness subsides and the full, rich combination of tobacco imparts a smooth and tasty flavor of smokiness and mild sweetness combined. The spice is still there, but stays in the background. No goop, just white ash in the end.

I'll enjoy my sizable stash of this great blend of the past for some time to come.

The average of the reviews for this blend are a bit screwed as many are reviews of the earlier version of this blend prior to 2012. This review is of the original recipe now being sold. A good, solid English blend. The buttery orientals combine with sweet Virginia and smokey Latakia to produce a full flavored English with a touch of peppery perique.

This is my go to smoke when I have the urge for some Latakia and it always satisfies. I highly recommend buying it in bulk.

Lane Limited - Crown Achievement.

The current description on here ends with 'Recognized as the worlds most outstanding smoking mixture'. Well, that's slightly arrogant! But is it an apt description?

The flavour's nowhere near as smoky as I was expecting from the pouch note, together with the Oriental, the Latakia makes quite a woody flavour. That's good, yeah? No, because as well as the woody taste it also forms a sour flavour; too sour. The Virginia gives a lemony taste but to be honest, with the overly sour Orientals, it turns it into a bitter mess. The Perique?...... where is it!!!

On the positive side of things it burns well, albeit quite fast, doesn't bite, has a medium nicotine amount, and gives an alright room-note.

Recognized as the worlds most outstanding smoking mixture? Recognized by whom?! Not me:

One star.

A freshly popped tin starts out great but after the air gets at it even transferring to a mason jar it completely falls apart, muddy and mute which is never good in my books therefore I cannot recommend it and I'll never buy it again.

My favorite blends are English/Balkan blends and I was pleasantly surprised by how enjoyable CA turned out to be. I am not familiar with the history of the blend and somehow this was the first Lane Limited blend I've smoke since starting in 2008. I was a bit skeptical because Lane is such a huge tobacco company.

Crown Achievement compared very favorably to many of the upscale-tobacconist/luxury blend English/Balkan entries. The latakia was always present but neither to heavy or light. A nice cool smoke with a tastiness from the Perique. I guess they really know what they are doing at Lane. Good enough fro me to smoke all day. I will definitely get more at some point. Bought the can and started in November 2015. (there's another can in my cellar) Finished the can in June 2016.

A great smoke especially for the price.

Crown Achievement is an old friend of mine, having smoked it originally in the 1980's. I waited for the re-release of ths belnd with almost breathless anticipation. A Latakia forward mixture including orientals, Turkish, and Perique, this is not a blend for beginners. I smoked this with a clean pipe.

Smoking this blend as slowly as possible is the only way to go. The bowl must be fully warm for all of the flavors to be released. Smoking this from a moderate to fast pace may produce a disappointing experience. I smoke this at a very slow pace, with a small to moderate sized bowl taking about 60 minutes or so. As the bowl gets evenly warm the six or so different flavors blend wonderfully, creating a unique and richly flavorful restful pause.

This taste delight has enticed me to purchase 4 tins and an additional 5 pounds of bulk sealed away in mason jars.

Try this blend and smoke it slowly to experience a rich and delightful experience.

I cannot understand how anyone could rate this less than 3 stars. Muddled? Hardly! This is an excellent blend - well crafted full English that builds nicely in your pipe. The orientals work well and the Latakia in this blend is very tasty. The VA adds some sweetness and the Perique is there and perfectly spiced - not overblown. A great blend to finish a day. I only ordered 2 oz but I can tell I will have to get more of this one!!!

Well, I did not have opportunity to try old version so no way to compare. My experience does not affected by memories. So I can say as separate mixture this one could be in top division of English mixtures. Good quantity of Latakia, soft orientals, spicy perique - all components are in order. I believe that mixture is good for aging but definitely suitable for smoking now. At least I enjoyed it. PS Actually, new version should be separated in reviews from old one, since they are quite different tobaccos.

I did not get into to pipes till well after the original had stopped being produced. So I don't have a memory to compare this to. Having said that I find this blend fairly enjoyable.

I received this with a good size TAD order. Unfortunately this was the only tin to have lost its seal in shipping. I also did not have any mason jars to store this in. So it arrived a little damp fortunately for me I left for work for a month and left it in its tin. Seems to be at the perfect moisture level at that point. First let me say I like the tin with its leather type lid. Anyway how does it smoke? Well it's fairly smooth. It's nicely balanced with latakia forward for the first half of the bowl and the perique just sneaking in from time to time eventually being very dominant toward the last third of the smoke. I finished a tin of this in about a week so I guess I enjoyed it.

I tried to get this to bite one time. My wife was talking to me and I was very bored with whatever the hell she was saying. So I faked interest and puffed extreamly fast but no bite! Still not sure what she was talking about?

I would reccomend this to smoke. It is not by any means the best lat blend I have smoked but I might buy some more tins.